Civil-rights groups are set to battle Sen. Jeff Sessions’s nomination as attorney general, but there is one chapter in the former prosecutor’s career—reducing cocaine-sentencing disparity—where they share a sliver of common ground.

The Supreme Court said it would decide whether Muslims, Arabs and other immigrants rounded up immediately after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks can sue former Attorney General John Ashcroft and other officials for violating their civil rights.

Donald Trump delivered a call for unity to churchgoers on the west side of Detroit and pledged to listen to African-American voters, kicking off a key initiative in the Republican presidential nominee’s drive to reach out to inner-city voters.

Fast-food workers and civil rights groups in Birmingham, Ala., are expanding their constitutional challenge to a recent state law that prohibits cities from setting their own higher minimum wages by adding more participants and a voting-rights claim to bolster their original lawsuit.

Prayer vigils and protests continued in Charlotte, N.C., on Sunday, as civil-rights advocates expressed unease with recently released police videos that they said gave no clear justification for last week’s fatal shooting.